Liberty and Peace (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Phillis Wheatley
- First Published: 1784
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
The Poem
“Liberty and Peace,” by Phillis Wheatley, is a sixty-six-line meditation celebrating the genesis of the United States of America as a country separate from Great Britain: “Lo! Freedom comes.” Written after the successful end of the Revolutionary War as a companion piece to her tribute to George Washington, “To His Excellency General Washington,” Wheatley describes in “Liberty and Peace” the figure of “Peace,” a woman “divinely fair,/ Olive and Laurel bind[ingl her golden Hair,” descending from heaven to grace the new country, called...
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